KR200415518Y1 - The vessel transfer system of a noddle automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ramen cooking vending machine in which a series of cooking operations for pouring hot water to a ramen in a metal container and boiling it for a predetermined time and then discharging it to the outside according to an operation command according to a coin input are automatically controlled. The purpose is to ensure that the supplied container can be safely transported to the heating mechanism and the discharge side without the contents being discharged.

As a technical means for achieving the above object, the container transfer device of the present invention is installed facing each other with a heating mechanism in a straight line connecting the heating position and the discharge position from the upper side of the plate and guide holes along the longitudinal direction thereof. It is installed between the pair of guide members long formed and the pair of guide members facing each other through the guide rollers installed in the guide holes, and slides before and after the guide holes. A container transport panel having a container seating portion to be supported, a guide rail portion installed at a side of a guide member on one side of the pair of guide members, the guide rail portion having at least one guide rail at an upper side thereof, and a damper; It is spaced apart from the upper side of the container transfer panel and one side end is extended to the guide rail side. A panel support member slidably coupled to a guide rail and a driving part installed on the guide rail and horizontally moving the panel support member and the container transfer panel are provided.

Ramen vending machine, ramen container, container transfer device

Description

The vessel transfer system of a noddle automatic vending machine

1 is a perspective view schematically showing the overall configuration of the ramen cooking vending machine applied to the container transfer apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the container transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view of a container transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d is a perspective view showing the operating state of the operation of the container transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

40 ... container

42.Guide member

43 ... sensor

44.Container Transfer Panel

46 Panel support member

48.Guide rail section

49.Driver

The present invention relates to a ramen cooking vending machine in which a series of cooking operations for pouring hot water to a ramen in a metal container and boiling it for a predetermined time and then discharging it to the outside in accordance with an operation instruction according to a coin input are automatically controlled. The present invention relates to a container conveying apparatus for a noodle cooking vending machine which can safely transport a container supplied to a supply part to a heating device and a discharge part while preventing contents from being discharged.

Ramen, one of the favorite foods, has many varieties such as bag noodles, bowl noodles, and cup ramen in accordance with consumer preferences, and the demand is increasing rapidly in the recent changing dietary habits and busy modern society.

Among them, cup noodles, ramen packaged in a disposable device such as bowl noodles to be able to sample after a certain amount of time to put the boiling water is to eat only boiling water in advance in the process of processing has the advantage of very easy cooking. However, since it is a method of boiling the noodles in hot water and soaking them at the same time, it cannot bring out the unique taste of ramen, and lovers tend to prefer the bag ramen rather than the disposable ramen. However, in order to enjoy the bag ramen, tools for cutting the ramen, such as a container and a burner should be provided so that there is a significant restriction on the eating environment.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, put the opened ramen in a rectangular aluminum container, load it into a case, take it out from the bottom one by one according to the operation instruction according to the coin input, supply hot water, and then heat the boiled ramen immediately for a predetermined time. Various types of ramen vending machines have been proposed. As a representative example thereof, Patent Registration No. 10-472767 can be given.

According to the configuration of the ramen vending machine disclosed in the publication, there is provided a storage member in which the disposable container containing the ramen to be cooked is stacked in a stacked state inside the main body having a coin machine on the front surface thereof, A container supply unit is provided for discharging only the disposable container located at the lowest end individually according to an operation command by coin input while supporting the loaded container, and below the container supply unit, the disposable container drawn out by opening of the container supply unit is heated. And a container discharging unit for discharging the cooked ramen through the container conveying unit and discharging the cooked ramen to the outside of the apparatus. A configuration including means is disclosed.

Such a prior art is that the disposable container supplied through the container supply part is transferred to the heating mechanism by the container transfer part which moves while drawing an arc trajectory like a wiper of a vehicle, or is moved from the heating mechanism to the container discharge device side after cooking. The disposable container seated on the conveying part may be leaked out of the container due to the influence of centrifugal force during the movement. In particular, when the container is moved to the outlet side while cooking is completed through a heating mechanism, the soup is poured out of the container due to the centrifugal force. Peripheral devices in sensitive devices, such as limit switches or sensors, may cause malfunction of the device, and contaminate the internal environment of the device.

The present invention is devised to improve the above-mentioned conventional problems, by placing the disposable container supplied through the container supply unit in the horizontal transfer unit to move horizontally along the guide rail, the disposable supply supplied through the container supply unit The contents can be stably moved to a heating position or a discharging position while the contents in the container are not discharged outwards. Thus, during the movement of the container in the device, the contents are splashed around the container, affecting or polluting peripheral devices. It is an object of the present invention to provide a container transfer device of a ramen cooking vending machine that can be solved.

As a technical means for achieving the above object, the present invention, a storage unit for loading the disposable container containing the ramen in a nested state inside the main body having a coin machine in the front, the storage unit at the lower end of the storage unit The container supply part which draws out the container located at the lowest end according to the operation instruction by coin input while supporting the loaded container, and the disposable container drawn out by opening of this container supply part under the container supply part to the heating position, or after cooking In a noodle cooking machine comprising a container transfer device for moving to the discharge position, a container discharge device for passing the cooked ramen through the container transfer device and discharged to the outside of the device, and a control means for collectively controlling the components , The container transfer device, the heating position and the discharge position from the plate upper side A pair of guide members connected to each other with a heating mechanism interposed therebetween in a straight line direction, the guide members being elongated along the longitudinal direction thereof; It is installed between the pair of guide members facing each other through the guide rollers installed in the guide hole, and slides before and after the guide hole, and the container transfer part is formed so that the container seating part can be supported by the edge of the upper end of the container. panel; A guide rail part installed at a side of a guide member on one side of the pair of guide members and provided with at least one guide rail; A panel support member spaced apart from the container transfer panel by a damper and having one side end extending toward the guide rail and slidably coupled to the guide rail; And a driving unit installed at the guide rail and horizontally moving the panel supporting member including the container transfer panel. The container transport apparatus of the ramen cooking machine is characterized in that it comprises a.

Here, the guide hole applied in the present invention allows the container conveying panel sliding along this to be lowered slowly in the heating position so that the container can be stably seated on the heating mechanism and the container on the discharge panel while also slowly lowering the container in the discharging position. The front end portion is bent downward so that it can be stably seated, characterized in that the inclined portion is formed.

In addition, the guide rail portion applied to the present invention inside the first conveying sensor for controlling the drive by detecting whether the container conveying panel has reached the heating mechanism side, and the container conveying panel via the heating mechanism reaches the discharge device side. And a second sensor for controlling the eastern part by detecting whether the container has been discharged, and a third sensor for controlling the driving unit by detecting whether the container transfer panel, which has passed through the discharge device, has returned to the initial position to receive the container from the container supply device. It is characterized by being installed more.

And the damper applied to the present invention, one end is fixed to the panel support member bottom surface and the other end penetrates the container conveying panel and the rod for allowing the container conveying panel to be safely lifted along the height change of the container conveying panel and It is characterized in that it comprises a compression spring that is inserted into the rod between the panel support member and the container transfer panel to absorb / alleviate the impact force of the height change in the container transfer plate.

In addition, the driving unit applied to the present invention, the drive motor is installed on one end of the guide rail outer side, the drive pulley which is addressed to the drive motor at one end of the inner side of the guide rail, and the guide rail portion far away from the drive pulley A driven pulley provided at the other end and wound around the driving pulley and the driven pulley, and one side of the panel support member is connected to one side thereof, and the belt for sliding the container transfer panel including the panel support member according to the driving of the driving pulley. It is characterized by including.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing the overall configuration of a ramen cooking vending machine applied to the container transfer apparatus according to the present invention, first look at the overall configuration of the ramen cooking vending machine.

Referring to FIG. 1, the ramen cooking vending machine includes a storage unit 20 in which a disposable container containing ramen to be cooked is stacked in a state of being stacked in a main body 1 having a coin machine 10 on its front surface. At the lower end of the storage unit 20, a container supply unit 30 is provided to support the container loaded in the storage unit 20 and draw out one by one from the container located at the lowest end according to an operation command by coin input. Below the container supply unit 30 is provided with a container transfer device 40 for moving the disposable container drawn out by the opening of the container supply unit 30 to a heating position or to move to a discharge position after cooking, the container transfer of one side of the main body On the device extension line is provided with a container discharge device 50 for passing the cooked ramen through the container transfer device 40 and discharged to the outside of the device, the control unit for collectively controlling each component unit, for example, microcomputer (not shown) It includes.

At this time, according to an embodiment of the container transport apparatus 40 according to the present invention, a pair of guide members 42 which are installed facing the upper side of the plate, and installed inside the pair of guide members 42 And a container transfer panel 44 sliding along the guide member 42. The container transfer panel 44 is supported by a panel support member 46 spaced apart above the damper 45 via the damper 45, and the panel support member 46 is any one of the pair of guide members 42. It is slidably coupled to the guide rail portion 48 provided on one side of the guide member. In addition, the panel support member 46 is coupled to the drive unit 49 provided in the guide rail portion 48, the horizontally moved on the guide member 42 by the drive of the drive unit 49 while conveying the container spread below The panel 44 is horizontally moved. With reference to Figure 2 looks at the configuration of each part of the container transport apparatus of such a design in more detail.

2 and 3 show an exploded perspective view and a combined perspective view of the container transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

The guide member 42 is installed facing each other with the heating mechanism 41 interposed therebetween in a straight line connecting the heating position and the discharge position on the plate side, the guide hole 420 is formed long along the longitudinal direction Here, the guide roller 442 of the container transfer panel 44 to be described later is located.

At least one pair of guide rollers 442 are installed at both sides of the container transfer panel 44, and an inner side of the container transfer panel 44 has a shape of a “⊂” so that the rim of the upper end of the container individually drawn from the container supply device can be caught and supported thereto. The container seating portion 444 is configured to be provided. The container transfer panel 44 moves along the guide roller 442 along the guide hole 420 while moving the container seated therefrom from the initial position to the heating position and the discharge position. Here, the guide hole 420 has a structure in which both ends thereof are bent downward as shown in the drawing. This is because the container conveying panel 442 sliding along the guide hole 420 slowly descends from the heating position or the discharging position, thereby naturally placing the container on the heating mechanism 41 or the discharge panel 50 and stably thereon. This is to allow it to be seated.

The guide rail portion 48 is installed at the side of the guide member 420 on any one side of the pair of guide members, and at least to guide the horizontal movement of the container transfer panel 44 and the panel support member 46. It includes one or more guide rails (480). Here, the guide rail 480 may be applied to any one as long as the cross section is a constant rod shape extending in the longitudinal direction.

The panel support member 46 is spaced apart from the upper side of the container transfer panel 44 via a damper 45, and one end thereof extends toward the guide rail portion 48 to provide a guide rail with a slide mechanism 47. Slidably coupled. At the same time, the slide mechanism 47 is coupled to the belt 494 of the components of the drive unit 49, which will be described later, while sliding along the upper end of the guide member 42 in accordance with the belt 494, the container transfer panel 44 While moving horizontally, at the same time the height change according to the horizontal movement of the container transfer panel, that is to support when lifting. Here, the damper 45 is a general damper provided with a rod 450 connecting the panel support member 46 and the container transfer panel 44 and a compression spring 452 outside the rod 450. One end is fixed to the bottom of the panel support member, and the other end passes through the container transfer panel. Therefore, the container transfer panel 44 moves up and down along the rod 450 when the height is changed at both ends of the guide hole 420 while moving along the guide hole.

Accordingly, when the height of the container transfer panel 44 is variable, flow hardly occurs in the front, rear, left, and right directions, and in particular, the container transfer panel ( Due to the compression spring 452 which is elastically supported between the 44 and the panel support member 46, the impact force due to the height change is absorbed / mitigated so that the lifting can be performed safely.

The drive unit 49 is installed on the guide rail unit 48 to move the panel support member 46 and the container transfer panel 44 horizontally to move to a heat position or a discharge position, and the drive motor 490. , Drive pulley 492a, driven pulley 492b and belt 494. The driving motor 490 is installed at one end of the outer side of the guide rail 48, and the driving pulley 492a is located at one end of the inner side of the guide rail 48 while being arranged at the end of the rotation shaft of the driving motor 490. A driven pulley 492b is provided at the other end of the inner side of the guide rail 48 away from the driving pulley 492a, and a belt 494 is wound around the driving pulley 492a and the driven pulley 492b to Rotational force is generated by the driven and driven rotation of the driven pulley. In addition, one side of the belt 494 is connected to one end of the panel support member 46 and the slide mechanism 47. Accordingly, the belt 494 slides the container transfer panel 42 including the panel support member 46 by driving the driving pulley 494.

On the other hand, in the above-described configuration, the first, second, for controlling the operating position of the container transfer panel 44 horizontally moved by the drive of the drive unit 49 in place of the guide rail portion 48 applied to the present invention. 3 detection sensors 43a, 43b, 43c are installed at equal intervals. The first detection sensor 43a is for controlling the drive unit 49 by detecting whether the container transfer panel 44 has reached the heating mechanism 41 side, and the second detection sensor 43b is a heating mechanism. Is for controlling the drive unit 49 by detecting whether the container transfer panel 44 that has passed through reaches the discharge panel 50 side, and the third detection sensor 43c is the container transfer panel that has passed through the discharge device. It is for controlling the drive unit 49 by detecting whether the 44 has returned to the initial position for receiving the container from the container supply device 20.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, the operation of the ramen cooking vending machine according to the present invention made of the above configuration will be described in detail.

Figure 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d is a view showing the operating state according to the present invention, Figure 4a is a perspective view showing the process of receiving the container from the reservoir the container transfer device according to an embodiment of the present invention, 4b is a perspective view when the container transfer panel is in the initial position in the container transfer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4c is a perspective view showing the case where the container transfer panel is in the heating position, Figure 4d As a perspective view showing a case in which the container transfer panel is in the discharge position, the operation of the container transfer device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 and 4A, when a coin is input into a main coin by a user, an operation command is transmitted from a microcomputer (not shown) to operate the container supply unit 30 provided at the lower end of the storage unit 20. Due to the operation of the container supply unit 30, only one container located at the lowermost end of the container 100, in which the ramen and soup, which are stacked in the storage unit 20 in a stacked state, are drawn out to lower the container transfer device 40. It will be placed on the elevating plate 60 of the elevating device penetrating).

Subsequently, the lifting plate 60 on which the container is placed is driven in accordance with the next operation command of the microcomputer so that the upper edge of the container 100 is caught on the container seating portion 444 of the container transfer panel 44 while descending. . That is, the elevating plate 60 of the elevating device is moved up and down while passing through the inside of the container seating portion when the container conveying device 40 is in the initial position to supply the ramen container 100 supplied from the container supplying unit as shown in FIG. 4B. On the container transfer panel 44.

If the container 100 is seated on the container transfer panel 44 as described above, the container transfer device moves according to the next operation command of the microcomputer while moving the container 100 to the heating position. That is, when power is applied to the drive motor 490 of the drive unit of the command of the microcomputer, the drive pulley 492a is rotated counterclockwise by the drive motor 490 and wound around the drive pulley 492a and the driven pulley 492b. Jean belt 494 is rotated.

Then, as shown in Figure 4c one end of the panel support member 46 coupled to the belt 494 is guided by the guide rail 480 is moved to the heating position. At the same time, if the container transfer panel 44 connected to the lower portion of the panel support member 46 via the damper 45 also moves on the container transfer panel 44 while moving horizontally along the guide hole 420 of the guide member. Move the container to the heating position.

When the container transfer panel 44 and the panel support member 46 to tow it reach the heating position, the first detection sensor 43a (see FIG. 2) provided in the guide rail unit detects this and transmits a detection signal to the controller. The control unit temporarily cuts off the power supply of the drive motor 490, so that the container transfer panel 44 including the panel support member 46 stays in the heating position for a while.

At this time, the guide hole 420 has a shape in which the end is bent downward in the heating position with the heating mechanism 41. Therefore, while the container transfer panel 44 moves horizontally along the guide hole 420 and gradually descends from the heating position, the container 100 which is seated on the container seat 444 of the container transfer panel is heated. Carefully placed on the heating mechanism 41 and the container 100 is in close contact. In this state, hot water is supplied to the container 100 from a hot water supply unit, which is not shown, and the heating mechanism 41 cooks the ramen in the container by applying heat for a predetermined time.

When the ramen is cooked, the control unit applies power to the driving motor 490 again to rotate the driving pulley 492a. In this case, the control unit rotates the panel support member 46 in the opposite direction as when the panel supporting member 46 is moved to the heating position. Accordingly, the panel support member 46 is guided by the guide rail 480 again and moved to the discharge position, and at the same time, the container transfer panel 44 is also moved to the discharge position as shown in FIG. 4D while sliding along the guide hole 420. .

At this time, the guide hole 420 is also bent downward in the discharge position where the discharge panel 50 is located, the container transfer panel 44 is moved horizontally along the guide hole 420 and then discharged position While slowly descending from the container 100, which was seated on the container seating portion 444, safely placed on the upper surface of the discharge panel 50 as if rubbing, and the second detection sensor (43b) detects this to power the drive motor 490 To block.

A sensor (not shown) is provided at the center of the upper side of the discharge panel 50. When the cooked ramen container 100 is placed thereon, an operation command is applied to the container discharge device by the sensor, and the discharge panel 50 is Sliding in the direction of the outlet to open the withdrawal cover 12 (see Fig. 1) to come out.

Then, if the ramen container 100 cooked by the user is separated from the discharge panel 50, the detection sensor provided in the discharge panel 50 detects it again and sends a detection signal to the control unit. Accordingly, the discharge panel is returned to the inside of the apparatus and at the same time, the power is again applied to the driving motor 490 so that the panel support member 46 and the container transfer panel 44 are initially supplied with the container 100 from the container supply unit 30. Return to position As such, when the container transfer panel 63 moves to the initial position, the third detection sensor 43c installed in the rail guide unit detects this and sends a detection signal to the control unit, and the control unit cuts off the power of the driving motor 490 according to the detection signal. The container transfer panel 44 including the panel support member 46 is stopped at the initial position.

According to the present invention operating as described above, the container 100 supplied from the container supply unit 30 is moved horizontally in a state seated on the container transfer panel 44, so that the contents are not leaked, and the heating position and the discharge position can be safely moved. It becomes possible. In particular, the guide hole 420 of the guide member 42 is bent downward in the heating position or the discharge position and heated in a state in which the container 100 is seated on the container transfer panel 44 guided along the guide hole 420. At the heating position where the instrument 41 is located or at the discharge position where the discharge panel 50 is located, the container is carefully placed on the heating mechanism 41 and the discharge panel 50 while being slowly moved downward and downward. As a result, when the container 100 is crossed over the heating device 41 or the discharge panel 50, the container moves sideways along the guide hole 420 and gradually descends at the same time, thereby gradually lowering the heating device 41 or the discharge panel 50. The impact force is minimized upon loading onto the bed so that no spillage of the contents occurs.

As described above, according to the container conveying device of the ramen cooking vending machine of the present invention, it is possible to stably move to the heating position or the discharge position while preventing the contents in the container supplied through the container supply part from being discharged out due to the horizontally moving container conveying device. Accordingly, the contents can be leaked during the process of moving the container in the apparatus, thereby eliminating the waste such as affecting or polluting the peripheral equipment.

Although the present invention has been illustrated and described in connection with specific embodiments, it is understood that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit or the scope of the present invention provided by the following utility model registration claims. It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art can easily know.

Claims (5)

The lower part according to the operation instruction by coin input while supporting the container loaded in the storage part in a state where the disposable container containing the ramen is nested in the main body having a coin machine on the front side, and the lower part of the storage part. Container feeder for taking out one by one from the container located in the container, the container feeder for moving the disposable container drawn out by opening of the container feeder from the lower part of the container supply to the heating position or to the discharged position after cooking, and conveying the cooked ramen In the noodle cooking vending machine comprising a container discharge device for passing through the device and discharged to the outside of the device and the control means for controlling the components in a batch, The container transfer device A pair of guide members installed to face each other with a heating mechanism interposed therebetween in a linear direction connecting the heating position and the discharging position from an upper side of the plate, and having a guide hole formed along the longitudinal direction thereof; The container is provided between the pair of guide members facing each other through the guide rollers installed in the guide hole, and slides before and after the guide hole, and the container seating portion is formed to be supported by the upper edge of the container. Transfer panel; A guide rail part installed at a side of a guide member of any one of the pair of guide members, the guide rail having at least one guide rail at an upper side thereof; A panel support member spaced apart from the upper side of the container transfer panel by a damper and having one end portion extended toward the inner rail portion and slidably coupled to the guide rail via a slide hole; And And a drive unit installed in the guide rail to move the panel support member and the container transfer panel horizontally. The method of claim 1, The guide hole is a container transport panel sliding along this gradually descends from the heating position can be placed in the container stable on the heating mechanism and the container can be stably seated on the discharge panel while also slowly descending the container in the discharge position. Vessel conveying device of the noodle cooking vending machine, characterized in that the front end is made of a downwardly bent configuration. The method of claim 1, Inside the guide rail, a first detection sensor for controlling the driving unit by detecting whether the container transfer panel has reached the heating mechanism side, and detecting whether the container transfer panel having passed the heating mechanism has reached the discharge device side. And a second sensing sensor for controlling the driving unit and a third sensing sensor for controlling the driving unit by detecting whether the container conveying panel passing through the discharge device has returned to the initial position to receive the container from the container supplying device. Container transfer device of ramen cooking vending machine. The method of claim 1, The damper is One end is fixed to the bottom surface of the panel support member, and the other end penetrates the container transfer panel so that the container transfer panel can be safely lifted along the height of the container transfer panel, between the panel support member and the container transfer panel. The container transfer apparatus of the noodle cooking vending machine comprising a compression spring that is inserted into the rod of the absorbing / mitigating impact force according to the height change of the container transfer plate. The method of claim 1, The driving unit A driving motor installed at one end of the guide rail, one side of the guide rail, and one driven pulley extending from the one end of the inner side of the guide rail; and a driven pulley provided at the other end of the inner side of the guide rail far from the driving pulley; Ramen wound on a drive pulley and a driven pulley, and one side of the panel support member is connected to one side is configured to include a belt for sliding the container transport panel including the panel support member according to the driving of the drive pulley Container feeder for cooking vending machines.

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